Product and furniture design: “dripping” with whimsy

28 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Original pieces designed for interior living spaces

offer elements of innovation, artistic perspectives and functionality.

These unique items inject doses of novelty,

which further define and enhance a given space.

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John Nouanesing and Florent Degourc

are two French product and furniture designers–

each with a clear creative vision, which features:

minimalist style, natural form/flow, and buckets of whimsy.

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From the workshop of John Nouanesing

(images from johnnouanesing.fr):

Product/furniture designer, John Nouanesing

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Magena Lune Montante (2013)

reminiscent of a toddler playtime toy

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Hello & Goodbye (2008)

quirky reference to lifting floorboards

(image from lejsl.com):

Product/furniture designer, Florent Degourc

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(images from florentdegourc.com):

Smooth and Smoothie (2010)

melting matter motif

Mint green and cherry blossom pink table and bench set

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L01 – L02 (2012)

Stark, clinical white

metallic table lamps with wood centre

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Groove (2009)

of centipedean aspect

Metal table coated in lime green lacquer with multi-base legs

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Stic (2011)

Hanging light fixture

single white ‘candlestick’ on the horizontal with blue electric cord

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Verone (2009)

interconnected

Coffee table unit wood, white surfaces at perpendicular angle

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For more details on John Nouanesing and his work, visit:

http://www.johnnouanesing.fr/catalogueuk.html

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For more details on Florent Degourc and his work, visit:

http://www.florentdegourc.com/

Creating ‘honest’ garments: meet conceptual designer Pedram Karimi

02 Tuesday Dec 2014

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On the rise designer Pedram Karimi views himself as an artist

whose medium for his creative expression is fashion.

Born in Iran, raised in Austria and now residing in Montreal, Canada

Mr. Karimi studied at London College of Fashion-

where undoubtedly, his avant garde sensibilities were honed.

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(image from leloi.ca):

designer, Pedram Karimi

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His designs are interpretative of how he perceives his world

in its complexities of concrete and abstract terms.

Mr. Karimi’s work is an exploration in silhouette, styling versatility, unisex wear.

His aesthetics is modern, visionary;

inspiring Mr. Karimi to create “garments that feel honest”-

true to his design perspective on future fashion directives.

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The Collection, a/w 2014

muted colours, varied fabrication, Asymmetric flow

(images from vogue.it):

asymmetric lines

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menswear layering: top, skirt, trousers

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tunic with defined shoulders

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shiny fabrication

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cape crusader with oversized ‘3-digit’ gloves

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Concrete constructions: La Ribaute, the ‘studio place’ of artist Anselm Kiefer

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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Historical referencing plays an integral role in the work

of German artist Anselm Kiefer; more pointedly the ‘starring role’.

History is intimately entwined in his creations. It is the foundation,

the essence of the what he hopes to communicate.

Kiefer seems intrigued with the idea of history as a means

for discovery and uncovering: of self, of the past, of the possibilities.

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Even as a child, he seemed taken with the idea of preserving the

past, a history, to be later discovered/ uncovered

for critical review and revision.

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“I would dig tunnels in the garden, put drawings in them and bury them.

You can see this at Barjac on a bigger scale.”

Anselm Kiefer

(quote from the telegraph.co.uk)

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Barjac is a Renaissance town in southern France

It is the location of the Anselm Kiefer’s studio complex-

La Ribaute

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The idea of discovering/uncovering and then creating beauty and function from

debris and ruin is manifested in the style and construction of La Ribaute,

Kiefer’s elaborate 200 acre studio complex situated

near the historic town of Barjac, France.

True to Kiefer’s method of creating things in grand proportions

La Ribaute is a more than simply a work space.

It is an incredible work place: leaning towers of stacked concrete blocks,

multiple barns, an impressive greenhouse storage structure,

outer building structures and ‘things’ just lying about.

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(image from coveringmedia.com):

Sweeping view of La Ribaute

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The complex looks as one would expect of Kiefer:

a construction from destruction,

a strange juxtaposition of chaos and order,

a weird and compelling beauty

a mix of past and present:

the past in form- reminiscent of ruins, fragments from antiquity

the present in materials- concrete, metal

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“When you have ruins you can start again.”

Anselm Kiefer

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La Ribaute: the complex

The grounds

(image from telegraph.co.uk):

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(image from the guardian):

Interior spaces

(image from maisonanila.com):

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(image from arcspace.com):

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The greenhouse

(image from phaidon.com):

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(from sz-magazine.com):

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(image from theguardian.com):

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Things just lying about

(image from thetimes.co.uk):

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(image from telegraph.co.uk):

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